REPORT RECOMMENDS DRASTIC CHANGES TO GREEK SYSTEM

The long awaited steering committee report, released this morning, recommends drastic changes to the College's Greek system to bring it in line with the Board of Trustees' vision for student life. While a single-sex Greek system would remain intact -- at least for now -- the steering committee's recommendations make good on College President James Wright's promise to end the Greek system "as we know it." In addition to the report's demand for major changes in the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council system, it also recommends the implementation of a common house residential system, an experimental freshman-only housing option and much more stringent campus-wide alcohol regulations. The steering committee recommends CFS houses be held to stricter facility, organizational and membership requirements -- admitting that not all houses will be able to fulfill the requirements, and therefore will be derecognized by the College. The report states, "This reduction is desirable in order to eliminate the historical dominance by the CFS organizations of Dartmouth social life." "The selective social organizations of the future will constitute a very different, higher quality but secondary component of the overall Dartmouth social system," the report says. More immediate recommendations include the renovation of house basements into general purpose or study space, such as kitchens or computer clusters.